وَ الْعَبْدُ الْآبِقُ إِذَا سَرَقَ لَمْ يُقْطَعْ وَ كَذَلِكَ الْمُرْتَدُّ إِذَا سَرَقَ وَ لَكِنْ يُدْعَى الْعَبْدُ إِلَى الرُّجُوعِ إِلَى مَوَالِيهِ وَ الْمُرْتَدُّ يُدْعَى إِلَى الدُّخُولِ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ فَإِنْ أَبَى وَاحِدٌ مِنْهُمَا قُطِعَتْ يَدُهُ فِي السَّرِقَةِ ثُمَّ قُتِلَ.
As for a runaway slave (Abd abiq), if he steals, his hand is not to be cut off. Similarly, an apostate (murtadd) who steals is not to have his hand cut off immediately. However, the slave is to be called to return to his master, and the apostate is to be called to return to Islam. If either of them refuses, then his hand is to be cut off for the theft, and afterward, he is to be executed.
